Abstract: A visualization system for enabling a user to select a vehicle and to overlay images of various user-selected accessories onto an image of the vehicle to cause a computer to display an image of the desired combination includes a database that stores digitized images of various vehicles and accessories. The accessories can be photographed separately from the vehicle, so that it is not necessary to photograph an accessorized vehicle for each one of the potentially thousands of vehicle/accessory combinations. The database correlates accessories and colors, with prices and other data, to the relevant vehicles. An Internet user can access the database over the Internet to select a vehicle with user-defined accessories, and then a composite image of the vehicle with accessories is presented to the user.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 5, 1999
Date of Patent:
January 15, 2002
Assignee:
Eyevelocity, Inc.
Inventors:
Jeff Divine, Debra McCloud, Marla Young, Nancy Goetz, Brian Moran, Jared Boone